Monitor goes straight to power save mode

Hi.

I have a 7600gt EVGA 256-P2-N553-AX and a 20" LCD Dell 2007WP.
I been using this video card for almost 3 years now.
Recently after restarting from a windows update I haven't been able to get any picture at all.
I use the computer a lot playing world of warcraft or watching tv shows.

When I boot up the computer the monitor tells me its going to power save mode.
This happens before I can even see BIOS.

I tried cleaning the dust from the computer, unplugging monitor cables, other cables, reinstalling ram, the video card, etc.
Nothing at the moment seems to fix it.

Tried powering off and on the computer.
Monitor goes to like sleep mode.
The mouse and keyboard are on. I can eject the cd drives etc.
All fans appear to be working fine.
I can restart the computer with the power and reset buttons, and turn caplocks and numlocks on and off.
I believe this is a video card problem. I tested the dell lcd on another computer and it works fine.

I even changed the motherboard battery.

Do you guys think its the video card or something else?
The video card doesn't appear to show signs of physical damage. The fan still spins.
It has dual ports I tried using both of them still getting the power save mode.

If it is the video card I am thinking of getting a GTS 250 to replace the 7600gt.
My pc is a bit outdated. 550 p/s, 4200 amd, 2gb ram, 300gb hd + 1 tb hd.

The video card either failed or the video card failed. The solution to both is to get a new video card.